@MelloProto

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Hypothesis: The Fediverse consists almost entirely of adults.

I expect most youths are drawn to the large corporate social networks; but those of us who took the effort to come here have likely experienced the Internet before most of those existed.

Of course, the only way to test this is by collecting data using the most scientifically rigorous method available to me: a Mastodon poll, lol

(I expect this will only reach English-speaking Fedi, but do boost if you're able)

⬇️ What is your age? ⬇️

Less than 18 years old
2.2%
18 to 27 years old
17.3%
28 to 39 years old
35.1%
40 or more years old
45.4%
Poll ended at .
Happy Independence Day. May we never again be ruled by tyrants.
So that T-word app is making another horrible change, putting a great service behind a paywall. Man, I just wish any of my friends would try some other platform and actually commit to it.
Oh yeah. I have this thing.

Really not liking Elon’s Twitter rn. And people are so unwilling to move to another platform, I’m tempted to let friends drop off and make new ones.

Fuck β€˜em.

The number of active Mastodon users β€” those who've logged in in the last 30 days β€” has fallen to 1.8 million from a high of 2.6 million. This reflects the fact that while there's a wave of new users after each Musk tantrum, the majority aren't sticking around. Even the 1.8M figure is inflated by new accounts, so I expect a further drop.

Still, the number of active users is over 4 times what it used to be before the Twitter takeover.

Source: https://api.joinmastodon.org/statistics (and Wayback machine).

Try to contain your surprise: Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to Use Than Touchscreens

https://futurism.com/the-byte/study-finds-that-buttons-in-cars-are-safer-and-quicker-to-use-than-touchscreens

Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to Use Than Touchscreens

Cars in recent years have come equipped with larger, more feauture-packed touchscreen infotainment systems. But are they really better than simple buttons?

Futurism

@deweyritten hope im not straying into mansplainville: a governor is a technical control applied to a device which limits its power output. often seen on motorcyles, golf carts, e-bikes, to limit operation to a safe speed.

i was thinking about this after an excellent piece by @TheWarOnCars on muscle car culture and how manufacturers are selling us giant death machines.

in the infosec world it is common that we apply technical controls to keep user behavior within safe boundaries- why not cars?

imagine if, instead of surveillance cameras and automatic citation systems, we used tech to make streets safe? A transmitter on light poles broadcasting the speed limit, which in turn is received by your car, for instance. The car then adjusts its governor to the maximum allowable limit.

instead, we have built a system where speed limits are on the honor system, people are getting killed, and traffic policing is a revenue source. all so we can sell 700hp monsters to whoever can qualify for the payment.

which one are you?